Cushion covering means and method for making same



J. A. HAND 1,945,038

MAKING SAME Jan. 30, 1934.

CUSHION COVERING MEANS AND METHOD FOR Filed Feb. 25, 1930 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 30, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CUSHION COVERING MEANS AND METHOD I FOR MAKING SAME v Z5 John A. Hand, Cleveland, Ohio 5 Application February 25, 1930. Serial No. 431,089

13 Claims.

My invention relates to cushion covering means and methods generally and more particularly to covering means and methods of cushions for tables such as billiard or pool tables.

I have discovered that cushion covers of the previous art, particularly those of tables, such as billiard or pool tables, wear through very quickly due to impact thereon of balls or the like; that the covers very frequently work loose and become wrinkled or otherwise impair the intended action of balls thereon; that wear promoting substances, dust and the like, seeping through the cover lodges between the cover and the cushion and thereby forms an element which tends to abrasion and wear of the cover on the inside in addition to the usual wear on the outside thereof; that an adhesive means could be applied to retain the cover in position; that a wear member could be applied to exclude wear promoting substances; that these features could be applied to new and to existing cushions, without material change therein and without altering the function of the cushion; and have devised means and method to overcome the objections found in the prior art and to attain the advantages broadly mentioned above.

The object of my invention is to provide means and methods to improve the covering of cushioning means and to prolong the life thereof and to easily and conveniently renew the covering.

I attain this object by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing and particularly described herein, presented for illustration but not for limitation purposes, in which drawing:

Fig. 1 is a cross-sectional perspective view of a cushion and associated members of a billiard table and a covering means of my invention applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a roll of one type of covering material prepared according to my invention and ready to be applied to the cushion shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a transverse section on a larger scale of the cover material shownin Fig. 2.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the views.

The table top 10 is shown as covered in the usual manner and supported by the upright 11 which supports the top flange 12.

The filler strip 13, a part of the cushion structure, extends longitudinally of a side or of an end of the table as usual and is shown as located above the table top 10 and in contact with and inwardly of the members 11 and 12 and as having the bevel face 14 and the recess 15 for purposes appearing presently.

The cushion 16, usually made of material which has at least some resiliency, also extends longi- The retaining strip 18, a part of the cushion.

structure, also extends longitudinally of a side or of an end of the table as usual and is shown as in position to hold the hereinafter described covering member in position at the top.

The covering member 19, usually made of cloth,

substantially the same as the cloth which covers the table top, is shown as having the wear or reinforcing member 20 and the intermediate element 21 as best seen in Figs. 2 and 3 and ismade of sufficient width to cover the cushion structure,

as shown. 1 i

The wear member 20 is preferably made of cloth of the nature of cheese cloth preferably made of tough or wear resisting yarn butsufficiently open or loose in weave to provide some flexibility there-1 in so that the same does not impair the resiliency of the cushion and is shown as a strip attached to the member 19 and extending longitudinally thereof and being transversely of suificient .width to cover the working or wear receiving .part of the cushion.

The intermediate element or substance 21 is shown as covering the member 19 on that portion thereof which is under the wear member and also on the portion adjacent to one side of. the

wear member; or mother words, is of sufficient Width to cover the exposed surfaces of the cushion structure, including the walls of the grooveor recess 15.

This intermediate element or substance, preferably, is made of material having adhesive property combined with the property of rendering the covering member 19 impervious so that that sur face of the covering member which is covered by the intermediate substance can be made to adhere to that portion of the cushion structure which it contacts and all foreign or wear producing substances are excluded from or prevented from entering between the cover and the cushion structure. 'Some such substances are known as rubberizing substances, others as cementing substances, others as rubberized or cementing substances or cloths. The object of the elementbeing to provide something which will or can be made toadhere to the cover and which will or can be made to adhere to the material in contact with or adjacent to the cover. The term intermediate ele ment is used herein to designate the various substances or elements which can be used for purposes of this invention.

Preferably, the covering member is made up and rolled up as shown in Figs. 2 and 3 and as described above so that it is always at hand and may have aprotecting strip over that part of 0 the covering member which has the intermediate go ment thereon extends over the top of the member .13 including the recess and the wear memberextends over the working part of surface of ,the cushion structure including the nose 1'7 and the portion which has no adhesive element there- ,25 011 extends to and is extendable over the bottom of the member 13.

' The outer part of this extending portion is then wound around thestrip 18, now out of the recess, insuch a manner that that portion of the strip which covers the top of the filler strip and the cushion willlay close onto these tops when the retaining strip is imposition. The retaining strip is then pressed into the recess and fastened if desired whereupon one edge of the strip is fasgf t'ened in position with the wear member located over the nose or working part of the cushion. "This I pressing down of the strip automatically Q?- eS the upper edge of, the covering member to beattachedto the, strip when the intermediate .45 member is self adhesive and can be attached to the strip by heat or other appropriate agent to the intermediaternemberwhen the same is not self adhe i f Theother edge of the covering member, free of .45 intermediate substance, is then brought under ithe bottom of the member 13 whereupon the strip 13 is pressed or moved downwardly so that this edge is held in position between the top of the table and the bottom of the strip 13 as seen in Fig.1.

When the intermediate element is self adhesive, it is onlynecessary that the covering member be pressed firmly against the cushion structure to finally attach the covering member to the cushionstructure. When the intermediateelement requires some agent, suchas heat or moisture, such agent is applied in place of or in addition to merely the firm pressing mentioned.

It appears to be obvious that the just described 4 stepsof applying the cover to the cushion can be varied orreversed or arranged into another chronological order with equally good results.

When the intermediate element is deposited onto the cloth and the re-inforcing or wear memst ber,2 0 is deposited onto the intermediate element and the cover is placed over or deposited onto thecushion, as described, the intermediate element renders impervious that portion of the cover which it covers and also extends through the vi weave in the re-inforcing member; therefore,

when the cover is in position on the cushion, the re-i n forcing member is over or deposited onto the nose andonto the upper part of the bevel face just below the nose and thereby attaches the re- ,if inforcing member as well as that surface of the 'life of the cover.

It appears to be obvious that new as well as old cushions can be covered.

The invention is herein described as laying directly on or over the cushion members. However, the same efiect is produced when the strip 23 is found on cushions.

I am aware that my invention is applicable to cushions other than the one shown and described and that changes and modifications can be made in the structure and arrangements of elements shown and described and in the steps described within the scope of the appended claims; therefore, without limiting myself to the precise ap plication of my invention as shown and described nor to the precise structure and arrangements of elements as shown and described nor to the precise method described.

I claim:

1. A cover for table cushions including a strip of covering material of required width having impervious substance impregnated with that portion of said strip which is to cover the exposed surface of the cushion, and a reinforcing member adherently fixed on that portion of said strip which is to cover the working surface of .the cushion.

2. A cover for table cushions including a strip of covering material of required width having adhesive substance impregnated with that portion of said strip which is to cover the exposed surface of the cushion, and a re-inforcing member adherently fixed on that portion of said strip which is to cover the working surface of the cushion.

3. A cover for table cushions including a strip of covering material of required width having adhesive impervious substance impregnated with that portion of said strip which is to cover the exposed surface of the cushion, and a re-inforcing member adherently fixed on that portion of said strip which is to cover the working surface of the cushion.

4. The method of covering the cushion structure of a table including forming a cover by cutting a covering cloth to required width, then permanently fixing a re-inforcing member to one side of that portion of said cover which is to cover the working part of the cushion structure, and finally covering the cushion structure with the so prepared cover.

5. The method of covering the cushion structure of a table including forming a cover by cutting a covering cloth to required width, then impregnating one side of that portion 01' said cover which is to cover the exposed surface of the cushion structure with an impervious adhesive substance, then permanently fixing a re-inforcing member to said one side of that portion of said cover which is to cover the working part of the cushion structure, and finally covering the cushion structure with the so prepared cover.

6. A cushion cover strip having a wear member adherently fixed thereon and located thereon so as to cover the working surface of the cushion when said strip is applied thereto.

7. A cushion cover strip having an impervious adhesive substance on the underside thereof and a wear member of a width and location to cover and form a part of the working surface of the strip on the underside of the strip and being of porous material to allow some of said adhesive substance to pass through for attaching the same to the cushion.

8. A cushion cover strip having a wear memberon the underside thereof adapted to cover and form a part of the working surface of the strip and impervious adhesive substance on the under-- side of the strip and some of said impervious ad-- hesive substance passing through said wear member for attaching the same to the cushion.

9. A cushion cover including a strip of cover cloth of suitable form and dimensions for a cover for the cushion and having on its underside an impervious adhesive substance of a width covering the exposed surface of a cushion and a porous Wear member of a width covering the working surface of the cushion and adapted to let some of said impervious adhesive substance pass through the same to the underside thereof for attaching the same to the cushion.

10. A billiard table cushion including a relatively hard cushion support, a resilient cushion thereon and a fabric cover extending over said cushion, said fabric cover having a resilient relatively thin impervious substance on its underside spaced from a longitudinal edge of said fabric cover and adhering to the exposed surface of the cushion, and a wear member corresponding in width to the working surface of the cushion adhering to said impervious substance and to the working surface of the cushion.

11. The method of covering the cushion structure of a table including forming a cover by cutting a covering cloth to required width, impreghating with impervious substance that portion of said cover which is to cover the exposed surface of the cushion structure, then fixing a 're-inforcing member to that portion of said cover which is to cover the working part of the cushion structure, then rolling the so prepared cover into a roll, and cutting suitable lengths of cover off of said roll and then covering the cushion structure therewith.

12. A cushion structure having a cover impregnated on the inner side thereof with adhesive substance of a width corresponding to the exposed surface of the cushion structure and a wear member on said adhesive substance of a width and location to cover the top and side faces of the working part of said cushion.

13. A cushion structure having a cover impregnated with adhesive substance on that side thereof which contacts the cushion and a wear member on said adhesive substance and of a width to cover and contact the top and side faces of the nose of the cushion when applied thereto.

J OHN. A. HANDs 

